Novell ZENWORKS 10 CONFIGURATION MANAGEMENT SP3 - SOFTWARE DISTRIBUTION REFERENCE 10.3 30-03-2010 Management Manual page 35

Wizard Page and Field
Select .msi File page >
Select Transforms File
field
Select .msi File page >
MSI Properties field
Details
Click Add to browse to and select the desired transform file. You can
upload the transform file or you can specify its location.
Different groups within an organization often use the same application,
but that doesn't mean they require the same feature set. One of the
benefits of Windows Installer is that if you have 10 groups needing 10
different feature sets or other alterations for the same application, you
can deploy the same MSI package to all 10 user groups, but with a
different transform file (MST) applied for each group.
A transform file is a collection of changes applied to an MSI installation.
It contains all modification information, such as whether features are
installed; how they are installed; which files, shortcuts, and registry
entries are included; and Add/Remove Programs applet information.
If you have vendor-supplied MSI packages, you can use AdminStudio
9.5 ZENworks Edition to create and manage transforms.
The MSI package contains the property values that were defined
during the administrative installation of the application. These property
values determine the way the Microsoft Windows Installer installs the
application to the workstation. In some cases, you might want to
change one or more of the property values. For example, a property
value might define the default location for a user's work files. By adding
the property to the list and changing the property's value, you can
override the default location defined in the MSI package.
If necessary, you can add public properties that were not included in
the MSI package. When doing so, you should be careful to add only
those properties that are valid for the package.
To override a property value, you change the property value and add
the property to the Properties list so that Application Launcher knows to
use that property value rather than the one defined in the MSI package.
To do so, click Add to display the MSI Properties dialog box. In the
Name field, select the property whose value you want to override,
specify the new value in the Value field, then click OK to add the
property to the MSI Properties list.
To modify a property that is in the MSI Properties list, select the
property, click Edit, modify the value data, then click OK.
To remove a property from the MSI Properties list, select the property,
then click Remove. Deleting the property causes future installations of
the application to use the property value defined in the MSI package.
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